Freeradius, wireless access point and password authentication

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Roberto wrote:
> I had a fast look at the authentication gateway howto... Sorry, I do not
> understand how can it help me...
> I want to find a means to authenticate the wireless clients towards the
> access point, not towards the rest of the - wired - network.
> The wireless client must not be able to associate to the AP, unless it
> supplies the correct credentials: that way, only authenticated users can
> associate to the AP and mutually 'see' themselves. Certificates are very
> good for this, but are not so practical when clients belongs to
> occasional customers...
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does your AP support 802.1x authentication?

Inna Kholodova